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Subject: like to do /like doing В чем разница, как лучше говорить:I like to play (with toys, friends) or I like playing (with toys, friends) |
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link 26.03.2008 14:18 |
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Иногда замена инфинитива на герундий меняет смысл. Как нас еще в инязе учили: He stopped looking. |
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link 26.03.2008 14:57 |
| мы же говорим про like? |
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Slava - As a native English-speaker, I would never say "He stopped to look" as a whole sentence, it only means the speaker is not native. UNLESS it is part of a longer structure in which what he is doing and what he is going to look at have already been stated: "He was walking home and saw men building a house. He stopped to look." Soffia - So the correct form for a whole sentence is "He stopped playing with toys, friends". |
| I mean, "I like playing with toys and friends" (!) |
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link 26.03.2008 15:05 |
| so, I like to play is not correct? |
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fianlamb: right,you would never say "He stopped to look" as a whole sentence, but I just quoted this as a textbook example for students of English who are not native English-speakers. :-) |
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Dear Fianlamb, thank you for your answer. If you don't mind, make it clear for me again. Do you mean that I should better say: I like playing with dolls. I like playing with friends. I like playing hide-and-seek. I like sledging etc and not: |
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